Kozarišče Explained

Official Name:Kozarišče
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:top
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Slovenia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Slovenia
Subdivision Type1:Traditional region
Subdivision Name1:Inner Carniola
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Littoral–Inner Carniola
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Loška Dolina
Area Total Km2:43.76
Population As Of:2002
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:241
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.686°N 14.4749°W
Elevation M:579.6

Kozarišče (in Slovenian pronounced as /kɔˈzaːɾiʃtʃɛ/, in older sources Kozaršče,[2] German: Kosarsche,[2] Italian: Cosarsca[3] [4]) is a village south of Stari Trg pri Ložu in the Municipality of Loška Dolina in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. The area of the village extends south of the main settlement right to the Snežnik Plateau and to the border with Croatia.[5] Snežnik Castle, a 13th-century castle, is located just southwest of the village.

Church

The local church in the settlement dates to the mid-16th century and is dedicated to Saint Benedict and belong to the Parish of Stari Trg pri Ložu.[6]

Mass graves

Kozarišče is the site of two known mass graves associated with the Second World War. The Kozlovka Cave Mass Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče Jama Kozlovka) is located in a spruce woods along the road from Kozarišče to Knežak. It is a 56m (184feet) deep shaft that contains the remains of Slovene anticommunist militia members.[7] The Grobnica Mass Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče Grobnica) is located in the forest southwest of the settlement. It contains an undetermined number of victims.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Book: Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko . 1906 . C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna . Vienna . 130.
  3. Book: Ballarini . Amleto . Sobolevski . Mihael . Le vittime di nazionalità italiana a Fiume e dintorni (1939–1947) / Zrtve talijanske nacionalnosti u Rijeci i okolici (1939.–1947.) . 2002 . Ministero per i Beni Culturali e Ambientali . Rome . 88-7125-239-X . 26 . January 7, 2021.
  4. Book: Memorie della Società geografica italiana, vol. 15 . 1916 . Società geografica italiana . Rome . 202.
  5. http://www.loska-dolina.si/ Loška Dolina municipal site
  6. http://www.druzina.si/icd/spletnastran.nsf/all/D85EA1A9760204D8C12572030034F708?OpenDocument Družina RC Church in Slovenia Journal website
  7. Web site: Ferenc . Mitja . Grobišče Jama Kozlovka . Geopedia . Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve . October 23, 2023 . Ljubljana . sl . December 2009.
  8. Web site: Ferenc . Mitja . Grobišče Grobnica . Geopedia . Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve . November 5, 2023 . Ljubljana . sl . December 2009.